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Letter to Editor
January 30, 1843
Alexandria Gazette
Alexandria, Alexandria County, District Of Columbia
What is this article about?
Governor J.S. McDowell transmits to the Virginia House of Delegates the proceedings of a convention held in Lewisburg in August 1842, highlighting public anxieties and constitutional defects, and calls for deliberation to achieve relief and better unity in the state.
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To the House of Delegates of Virginia.
Gentlemen—The enclosed is a copy of the proceedings of a Convention which was held at Lewisburg in August last, and which, in pursuance of a resolution of that body, I have now the honor to lay before you for the information of the General Assembly. The widely-felt anxieties from which these proceedings spring, no less than the grave considerations of Constitutional requirement and political justice by which they are supported, will secure to them, without any recommendation of mine, your early and careful deliberation. And whatever that deliberation may result in for the present, it will lead, I hope, to the satisfactory and speedy relief of the Constitution from its experienced defects, and ultimately unite the great geographical divisions of the State in some mode, better fitted than the existing one, for the promotion of their practical good, and more consistent with the unity of their political rights.
I have the honour to be, with great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
J.S. McDOWELL,
Governor.
Jan. 16th, 1843.
Gentlemen—The enclosed is a copy of the proceedings of a Convention which was held at Lewisburg in August last, and which, in pursuance of a resolution of that body, I have now the honor to lay before you for the information of the General Assembly. The widely-felt anxieties from which these proceedings spring, no less than the grave considerations of Constitutional requirement and political justice by which they are supported, will secure to them, without any recommendation of mine, your early and careful deliberation. And whatever that deliberation may result in for the present, it will lead, I hope, to the satisfactory and speedy relief of the Constitution from its experienced defects, and ultimately unite the great geographical divisions of the State in some mode, better fitted than the existing one, for the promotion of their practical good, and more consistent with the unity of their political rights.
I have the honour to be, with great respect,
Your most obedient servant,
J.S. McDOWELL,
Governor.
Jan. 16th, 1843.
What sub-type of article is it?
Political
Informative
Persuasive
What themes does it cover?
Constitutional Rights
Politics
What keywords are associated?
Virginia Convention
Constitutional Reform
Lewisburg Proceedings
Governor Mcdowell
State Unity
What entities or persons were involved?
J.S. Mcdowell, Governor
House Of Delegates Of Virginia
Letter to Editor Details
Author
J.S. Mcdowell, Governor
Recipient
House Of Delegates Of Virginia
Main Argument
submits proceedings of a convention held in lewisburg in august 1842 for the general assembly's information and deliberation, emphasizing constitutional defects and the need for reform to unite the state's divisions.
Notable Details
Widely Felt Anxieties
Grave Considerations Of Constitutional Requirement And Political Justice
Relief Of The Constitution From Its Experienced Defects